Barrier to pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations in black elderly communities: Mistrust

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1678-1684

  Harris, LeWanza M ^a,b   Chin, Nancy P ^a,c   Fiscella, Kevin ^a,b,c   Humiston, Sharon ^a,b,c  

^a University of Rochester ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Elderly health; Health disparities; Mistrust; Qualitative study; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33750596839     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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